Architecture's odd couple : Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson /: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hugh Howard.
• Authors: Howard, Hugh, 1952-
• Contents: Prologue: The master and the maestro -- Part I: a meeting of minds -- Two conversations -- Plotting a comeback -- European travels -- Part II: The MOMA moment -- The new museum -- An invitation issued -- Wright vs. Johnson -- The show must go on -- Part III: Acting out their antagonism -- The banks of Bear Run -- Politics and art -- Wright's Manhattan project -- Philip comes out classical -- The whiskey bottle and the teapot -- Epilogue: A friendly wrangle.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 720.973/0904; Biography: general; Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General; HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers; ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Contemporary (1945- ); Architecture; Friendship; Art & design styles: Arts & Crafts style; Architecture -- History -- General; History -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Biography & Autobiography -- Artists, Architects, Photographers; Architecture -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); Architecture -- History -- Contemporary (1945-); History of architecture; United States; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Electronic books; Friends and associates; Criticism and interpretation; Friends and associates; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781620403761; 1620403765
• Related ISBNs: 9781620403754; 1620403757
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-320) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.